Might even be a better show!

(Hell, it sure will be a better show without that whiny nasal voice of Roseanne's.)

Crew, carpenters, writers, caterers, drivers, technical support

all good union people who had been promised work for next year and had made plans accordingly, who had NOTHING to do with the evil bile Roseanne had spewed.

Why should they have been punished?

It might have been better to integrate the on-screen talent into other shows’ companies and to use the off-screen people as the crew on a completely different show.

require basically starting over, which means the people who had been promised jobs would have to re-apply.

And, as my wife pointed out as I read this to her, THOSE shows already have staff. Staffing season has already passed.

They handled a lot of controversial issues with great sensitivity. I am no fan of Roseanne the person, but the original show was cutting edge and the reboot was very promising. The ensemble cast is top notch and they deserve a second chance. I hope they find a way to keep this talented cast together.

I watched part of one show, then changed the channel. It was Trump propaganda.

Jackie shows up for dinner as the crazy wacko sister wearing a pink p*sy hat, talking loudly and goofy about politics, while Roseanne is seated and speaking with a calm voice, to appear as the sane one. Jackie makes wild gestures while standing, wild face expressions, while Roseanne is feeding a child with her hands, no goofy expression.

It was very clear. Message received. Trumpers are the sensible ones in a world gone mad, while liberals are running around like loony tunes spouting off at the mouth about things they know nothing about...and wearing stupid pink knit hats.

The show was intended to be, and was, propaganda.

and the small part you saw did not come close to representing the entire show, which overall had a much more liberal tone. One of the best episodes was about their Muslim neighbors who were living in fear and persecution. It was covered in a way I haven't seen on television before. If Trump's wacko base was watching it, they would have gotten a powerful lesson about tolerance and inclusion.

They also covered the high cost of medical care and it was pointed out to Roseanne's character that it had only gotten worse under the Trump administration. For the most part however the show barely talked about politics. It did cover the very real problems that working people face every day.

I can assure you that if you had watched more of the program, you would have seen that it hardly portrayed Trumpers as sensible or liberals as loony tunes. Unfortunately the main character was played by a woman who has no self control and has a long history of mental illness. That should have been taken into consideration when ABC and the producers decided to make a reboot.

season that which in no way was representive of the season. I don't believe Trump was even mentioned in any of the following shows.

Roseanne promoted an episode on Twitter, boasting "Watch how I show my liberal granddaughter!"

The episode has the kid calling Roseanne "a hillbilly," (grr...those lib'ruls elites look down on the real 'murca), so Roseanne, the sensible parent, calls her "a bitch" and assaults her over the sink.

"She sure showed her! That snooty snowflake!"

Then, the kid is the one who had to grovel and make up with racist Pizzagating grandma.

The show was garbage.

No "real" show would be about that. Notice how people make a big deal out of not mentioning Trump's name?

For one, I thought I heard the name mentioned, which is why they released notice later that they would no longer be mentioning his name. But more than that, the NAME isn't what's important. It's the PERSON and the FOLLOWERS.

The show was propaganda for Trump & Trumpers. That's precisely WHY Trump loved it & gave it a boost on Twitter & said he LOVED Roseanne!

Not by name...but "he" was mentioned. Jackie wore the pink hat, "how could you vote for him?" etc.

Yes, it was propaganda. If you want to know what propaganda looks like, that's what it looks like.

It also looks like the govt released films of the "confiscated" kids.

That's why propaganda is so effective. It passes for real.

was great. Aside from the economic situation it tackled a lot of aging Boomer issues hilariously and well. Your daughter on birth control, pot use now that you have responsibilities, the cool friend comes to town and mocks you because you aren’t cool anymore:

Roseanne: We used to be Dan and Roseanne, now we’re the Connors.

Dan: Well, I like being the Connors.”

The show was very real and the Connors resembled a lot of working class people I knew, though the Connors were a lot funnier. Although the show was called "Roseanne", I always found her to be the weakest actor in the cast. It often felt like she was still doing a standup comedy routine, whereas the rest of the cast, especially Dan Goodman and Laurie Metcalf were consummate actors. They often carried the show. Even the child actors routinely delivered their lines more believably than Roseanne Barr.

The writing on the show was exceptional as well.

when the anger dies down. Not HER anger, or the anger of reasonable Republicans. But THEIR anger. Those wacko "sensitive" snowflakes known as "them libruls."

Maybe not. But I think so.

Tuens out Rosanne's parents immigrated to Brazil from Europe and she was born in Sao Paulo. They then migrated without documentation to the US where Jackie was born. Since Rosanne is a illegal mugrant she is sent back to Brazil with no knowledge of Porteguese.

Rosanne is carted off to a mental institution?

The rest of the Conner's get a restraining order?

Shoots herself cleaning her gun?

and leave out Roseanne Barr. She ruins it for everyone. There's no need for her to be involved.

"Roseanne Barr will have no financial or creative involvement in the new series."

ABC made the right call on both counts. Cancel the show, spin off existing cast and crew minus Barr to new series.

the original show. So she owns it creatively...but I may not have that right. Maybe that was just Roseanne spouting off years ago.

An awkward reboot of an unnecessary revival of a once-popular-but-never-particularly-interesting sitcom. What a waste of human potential. And whether it succeeds or fails, the ratings will be turned into political propaganda one way or another. Joy.

I could never watch it then or now.

Maybe "The Connors" can say the Roseanne character is trump's new press secretary.

will probably do some stupid storyline of her either becoming a best selling author and having to travel around the globe or they will have her just suddenly leave the family high and dry and divorce Dan.

won't make it through. It's the perfect setup...

the heat has died down for what she said.

that to kick off the new show I doubt they will both because its to cliche and because they probably want to keep the option of bringing her back if the show should start to falter.

Then they can wait for the moment for her to recover
The only problem I see with her coming back, is what actors/actresses that won't work with her ever again?

It happens.

The Roseanne reboot was Sarah Gilbert's baby to begin with. I thought it was done well. I can't wait to see what she does with The Conners.

I'll give it a try.

And they never speak of her again. Make it the opposite of schmultzy.

She went to a pizza place in DC demanding to see the children locked away in the basement
She was shot (and killed by police) (or she shot herself trying to look tough with the gun)

this will, hopefully, give Dan more to do. John Goodman is one of my favorite actors. I might actually watch the show now.

Goranson and Fishman are fine in a supporting role.

There are shows in the past where the supporting cast was so good that the show may have survived without the main character.

The Andy Griffith Show which later did transition into the successful Mayberry RFD series. The Mary Tyler Moore Show and MASH could have done well without Mary Tyler Moore and Alan Alda respectively.

opiod addiction.

Real and believeable.



"dot, dot, dot, dot" Colbert

I would have have her character's story end by telling the story of her going full on Trump and getting run over by the presidential motorcade as he arrives in whatever shit hole place the story is set in.

I gives none..

day when it was first aired, I'd catch it if it happened to be on and it made me chuckle a little (but it was never "must see T.V." to me like Seinfeld and Friends were). Having said that, I've always enjoyed John Goodman, Sara Gilbert and Laurie Metcalf. I'm glad that they're moving forward with this for a couple of reasons. For one, a lot of people completely lost their jobs through absolute no fault of their own (and I definitely include folks in the crew such as hair, makeup, etc). I live in California, and I have friends whose jobs are industry related. It's such a roller coaster ride so when you're on a hit show, believe me, it's a big deal. Also, I think the core group (minus Roseanne) are well-liked and talented. I will for sure watch The Conners when they premier in September....

"Valerie" lived without Valerie Harper as "The Hogans".

Mayberry R.F.D. was ranked 4th in the Nielsen ratings in the first two years of its run and was only cancelled as part of CBS's "rural purge".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayberry_R.F.D.

It's not as if it is a funny show -- it never was. Any show will be better without her, but still I don't get it.

That will make a bunch of people happy-"Roseanneless"!

This is typical of corporations:
When the iron is hot, they strike.
When it cools down, they go back to the way it was—it's all about money.

Valerie Harper left the show after two seasons so they renamed the show "Valerie's Family" and then "The Hogans". They brought on Sandy Duncan to play the recently divorced aunt who comes to live with the family after the death of Valerie Harper's character. The show lasted another four seasons after Valerie Harper left.

If Roseanne's character is completely killed off then maybe I will try watching the show. I don't want there to be any chance that she will come back to the show at all. I felt bad for the other actors, writers and crew losing their jobs because of this nutcase. The other actors can carry the show.

Write her out as a play on her career suicide.